Magic New Zealand® E-zine

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Issue Number: #1501
Date: Sunday 23rd March 2019
Editor: Alan Watson QSM
www.watson.co.nz
E-mail: editor@magicnewzealand.com
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Hi here is the latest news
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1. Editor's Message
2. The New York Times - Johnny Thompson
3. The Academy of Magical Arts Performing April Schedule
4. April Issue Of Genii - The Conjurors' Magazine
5. The Magic Word Podcast
6. The Stepping Stone Force - John Carey #36
7. Las Vegas Magic - April 2019
8. 2019 Eugene Burger Legacy Awards
9. It's Magic! Presented by Milt Larsen and Terry Hill
10. The European Magic History Conference
11. Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice
12. E-zine Archives

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1. Editor's Message
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We have been overwhelmed with wonderful messages of love and support from our readers from all over the world, after learning of the tragic loss of life in the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand.

New Zealander's are a very peaceful and loving people and it has deeply traumatised us all here when a person from a neighbouring country with extremist views has murdered so many Kiwis whilst at prayer because of their religious beliefs. Thank you for your messages.

If you would like to read the Magic New Zealand e-zine in HTML format
go to: http://www.magicnewzealand.com/ezine-archive/2019-Jan-to-Dec-2019/1501-Mar23-2019.html

If you would like to write a regular column for Magic New Zealand or
have some magic news drop me a line:
Editor@MagicNewZealand.com

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2. The New York Times - Johnny Thompson
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Message by Gary Meyer (US)

Johnny Thompson, a Magician's Magician, Is Dead at 84
The New York Times

By Neil Genzlinger

Johnny Thompson, who was revered among magicians not only for his own deft performances but also as a teacher, advice-giver and historian of the field, died on March 9 in Las Vegas. He was 84.

Glenn S. Alai, manager of the magicians Penn & Teller, for whom Mr. Thompson worked as a consultant, said the cause was complications of respiratory failure.

Mr. Thompson, whose colorful résumé also included stints playing bass harmonica with Jerry Murad's Harmonicats, was well known to casino, cruise ship and television audiences as the Great Tomsoni, a pompous caricature of a magician. His act, full of deadpan humor and often performed with his wife, Pamela Hayes, as his indifferent assistant, left spectators laughing so much that they might not have fully appreciated that they were also seeing expertly executed tricks.

Mr. Thompson's understanding of how to perform a trick or illusion for maximum effect made him a sought-after adviser for television shows like "The Carbonaro Effect" as well as for the stage acts of Penn & Teller, Lance Burton, Siegfried & Roy, and others.

"If you were putting together an important magic show," Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller said in a telephone interview, "you would bring Johnny in. You would tell him what you wanted to do, and you would tell him your methods, and he'd have three others."

Just as important, he said, was the informal guidance Mr. Thompson gave to all sorts of magicians, whether established or up and coming.

"Johnny was not just there to help, but to understand what they were trying to do," Mr. Jillette said. "He wouldn't try to push them into the mold of a magician who was working in the '70s; he would push them into the mold of someone who's working today."

John Max Thompson was born on July 27, 1934, in Chicago. As a boy he saw a movie about riverboat gambling, determined that he wanted to be a cardsharp and worked toward that end, at least for a time.

"The truth began to dawn that no one wanted to play poker with a 12-year-old cardsharp," he told The Sunday Telegraph of Sydney, Australia, in 1996.

Instead he turned his dexterity with cards toward magic tricks. "I was pretty adept at palming," he said in a video interview with Full Circle Magic. "I've always had large hands."

He began hanging around comedy shops in Chicago, honing his skills. He worked briefly as a fire eater and sword swallower with a carnival sideshow, then in 1951 made the first of countless appearances in Las Vegas - not as a magician, but as bass harmonica player with the Harmonicats, a popular group at the time, filling in for an ill member.

He excelled on the harmonica and was knowledgeable about jazz, and he played with other bands besides the Harmonicats and even formed his own. But magic was the work that stuck. Doing a conventional magic act, he was booked into Playboy Clubs with a comedy team, which got him thinking about incorporating humor into his own routine.

In 1969 he introduced the Great Tomsoni, the Wizard of Warsaw, a self-important fellow who couldn't get his tricks quite right - producing a bowling ball from beneath some scarves, for instance, when he was hoping for a rabbit.

He married Ms. Hayes, an actress with strong comedic skills, in 1973, and the act became the Great Tomsoni and Company.

A classic routine featured the Great Tomsoni making a series of doves materialize and disappear. Ms. Hayes, in the role of magician's assistant, is also made to disappear, in a sense - the Great Tomsoni inadvertently pulls her dress off, causing her to run offstage. Her other duties included informing him, partway through the bit, that his fly was quite noticeably down.

On their television series "Penn & Teller: Fool Us," for which Mr. Thompson was a consultant, Penn & Teller recently paid homage to him by recreating the routine, with Teller as Tomsoni - a task, Teller said in a telephone interview, that required Mr. Thompson to teach him not only the tricks, but also the comedy.

"He understood how to do a proper comic take, so he taught me physically how to do that," Teller said, as when the magician gets the embarrassing news about his fly - look left, look right, then look, um, down. "He had broken it down into every single physical step."

Mr. Thompson and Ms. Hayes performed on numerous television shows, on casino stages in Nevada and Atlantic City, and overseas, in London, Monte Carlo and elsewhere. Along the way Mr. Thompson began advising others.

Magicians tend to specialize in either close-up tricks or large-venue shows, but Mr. Thompson knew both. "While he was an absolute expert with cards," Teller said, "he was also an absolute expert with big stage illusions."

Among the things that made him so was his encyclopedic knowledge of the history of the profession, as Mr. Carbonaro found out when Mr. Thompson served as a consultant on his TV series, in which Mr. Carbonaro sprung tricks and illusions on unsuspecting people.

"Johnny had a profound way of taking an idea and creating an illusion that worked," he said by email. "When I called him and asked, 'How do I make a guarded car vanish from inside of a dealership?,' without missing a beat he said, 'We don't, we vanish it from a tent outside, just like the vanishing elephant illusion,' " a reference to a classic trick performed by Houdini and others.
Mr. Jillette said that this knowledge of history had also come into play in a less visible role that Mr. Thompson filled: that of informal mediator when one magician thought another might be stealing material.

"If two people felt they were doing material that was too close, Johnny knew the provenance of everything," Mr. Jillette said. "He could adjudicate that."

Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife and a stepson, Kevin Hayunga.

Mr. Jillette is among the most famous magicians working today, but when his 13-year-old daughter recently decided she wanted to learn magic, it was Mr. Thompson she asked to give her lessons.

"She said, "I don't want my father," Mr. Jillette said, growing emotional. "I want the man who teaches my father."

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3. The Academy of Magical Arts Performing April Schedule
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April 1 - April 7
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail Hour Performer
Jason Tong
Early Performer
Olmac
Late Performer
Johnny Ace Palmer

The Parlour Of Prestidigitation
Early Performer
Jen Kramer
Late Performer
Taylor Hughes

Palace Of Mystery
Joel Ward
Stuart MacLeod
Danny Cole & Stacey

Library Bar
Tom Frank
Thursday-Sunday

Peller Theatre
Ricardo T. Rosenkranz
Jordan Wright
Wednesday-Sunday

Friday Lunch
Olmac

Sat. & Sun. Brunch
Parlour Kids' Shows
Dennis Forel

April 8 - April 14
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail Hour Performer
Richard Raven
Early Performer
Ming Da
Late Performer
George Tovar

The Parlour Of Prestidigitation
Early Performer
Fumio
Late Performer
R. Paul Wilson

Palace Of Mystery
J. Neal
Sandy Chang
Alexander Great

Library Bar
Jeff Bornstein
Thursday-Sunday

Peller Theatre
Felix Jones
Hubb
Wednesday-Sunday

Friday Lunch
Ming Da

Sat. & Sun. Brunch
Parlour Kids' Shows
The Swami from El Monte & Princess Spendalot

April 15 - April 21
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail Hour Performer
MIGZ
Early Performer
Billy DEBU
Late Performer
William Watt

The Parlour Of Prestidigitation
Early Performer
Krystyn Lambert
Late Performer
Arthur Trace

Palace Of Mystery
Dana Daniels
Jeremy Mikaelson
Mark Bennick

Library Bar
Rich Cowley
Thursday-Sunday

Peller Theatre
Shawn McMaster
Mad Tad
Wednesday-Sunday

Friday Lunch
William Watt

Sat. & Sun. Brunch
Parlour Kids' Shows
Stoil

April 22 - April 28
Close-Up Gallery
Cocktail Hour Performer
Steve Silverman
Early Performer
Joan DuKore
Late Performer
David Gabbay

The Parlour Of Prestidigitation
Early Performer
Aye Jaye
Late Performer
Jimmy H

Palace Of Mystery
Chipper Lowell
Txema

Library Bar
Lauro Castillo
Thursday-Sunday

Peller Theatre
Nader Hanna
Henok Negash
Wednesday-Sunday

Friday Lunch
Joan DuKore

Sat. & Sun. Brunch
Parlour Kids' Shows
Aye Jaye

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4. April Issue Of Genii - The Conjurors' Magazine
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Message by Richard Kaufman - As publish in Facebook

Spring brings you the April issue of Genii, The Conjurors' Magazine; subscribe today at www.geniimagazine.com for as little as $35.

Jared Kopf is on Genii's cover this month. Jared is a Texas boy, the protégée of the prodigiously talented Bob White. Jared is equally talented as a magician, of which he is a professional. But he has not taken the usual path as a performer. In fact, I'm not quite sure what the path is, but it's successful for him as you learn when John Lovick takes you into the mind of a fortune teller.

In "Conjuring" Jim Steinmeyer presents an intriguing escape from a steel straitjacket.

* "Left Handed" chief Jeff Prace delivers an effect by Patrick Kun that would, I know, have fooled me if I hadn't read the how-to first.

You can watch a video of it in our digital edition and get fooled yourself.

* David Britland brings you a card effect you've never heard of or seen before in "Cardopolis," and if you play pool you'll like it even more.

* An ongoing series of video essays by Helge Thun begins this month with a wry piece about misdirection. We'll provide a transcript of the video to go with each column, but it's best if you watch it. Visual puns abound.

* Silks of various colors are used to effect by Jonathan Neal in this month's installment of "Secrets Within Secrets" and there's a video as well.

* Roberto Mansilla looks to René Lavand's best friend for thoughts about the great artist in "Artifices."

* Jonathan Pendragon, once half of the most famous illusionist couple in magic, looks to other performing couples for their secrets in "Panmagium".

* If you're a children's magician then you're familiar with the obnoxious ones who call out methods while you're performing. If you work for drunk adults, then you're familiar with obnoxious ones who have the same bad habit. David Kaye wrestles with that issue this month in "The Expert at the Kid's Table." Reviews of books, tricks, and videos are done this month by Tom Frame, Brad Henderson, and Ryan Matney.

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5. The Magic Word Podcast
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Message by Scott Wells, M.I.M.C. with Gold Star

Penguin MAXX Southwest Report plus Jessica Jane Peterson on The Magic Word Podcast

Magic conventions occur nearly every weekend somewhere. And although we can't attend them all (despite our bests efforts), I do like to give daily updates on those I do attend. One came last weekend that I was not expecting to attend, but did anyway. Penguin MAXX in Dallas, Texas was more than a one day dealer demo.

It was a day and a half chock full of magic with two evening shows, six full lectures and four mini lectures/workshops featuring the likes of Michael Weber, Chad Long, Garrett Thomas and many more. You can listen to the convention report at: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/480-penguin-maxx-southwest-2019

One of the joys of producing The Magic Word Podcast is the chance to spend quality time with some of the best magicians in the world. And often the joy comes from unexpected places and unexpected people. Such was the case in this week's podcast with Jessica Jane Peterson (or JJ as I like to call her).

Due to some timing constraints and travel itineraries, we actually recorded this podcast in the front seat of my car! And the guest was amazing. JJ is so charismatic and has so much to say and to share from a history of performances that belies her age. Not even yet 30 years old, JJ has performed aboard cruise ships, on stage as an assistant and as the featured performer in Branson, Missouri and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. She has appeared on the cover of the I.B.M. journal, "The Linking Ring" (June 2018) and even performed fire eating on the nationally syndicated TV show, "Penn & Teller Fool Us". After we concluded our conversation, she was off to perform at Nashville's "House of Cards" that evening.

This week Jessica tells us about what she's been up to and provides inspiration for those who are "looking for direction" in their magic careers. She always seems to be in the right place at the right time when good things happen. Her philosophy is, "being on the tightrope is living. Everything else is just waiting."

You can watch a video of her performance on "Penn & Teller Fool Us", see her "sizzle reel", read the blog, see some candid photos from our conversation in the car, listen online to the podcast and download the MP3 file at: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/481-jessica-jane-peterson

Be sure to sign up for our weekly newsletter so you don't get left out when we have exclusive contests plus get up to date info on the current podcast and a snapshot of the next podcast. Details on the website.

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6. The Stepping Stone Force - John Carey #36
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Message by John Carey (UK)
https://carey-scene.com/jc-main
Here's a utility force applicable to myriad objects. It's purely a timing and attitude thing. I will describe it as a card force, but you can pretty much use any objects, except for televisions and elephants!

Let's say your force card is the ten of Clubs. It starts out on top. Riffle shuffle the deck retaining it there. Then execute a series of swing cuts, sending the force card about two thirds of the way down. Keep a left little-finger break above it.

Cut off two packets and place them side-by-side. Then cut to your break and put a third packet down to the right of the first two packets. Continue by cutting and dropping off another packet (force card on top) placing at the right end of the row. Drop the remaining packet to the right of all.

"Cameron, as I pick up packets from the table, just say stop!"
As you start the above sentence pick up the packets from above in the right hand, starting with the far-left packet. Then drop the second packet on top and proceed to the third packet. It's purely a timing thing. They will either stop you as you pick up the third packet, but in most circumstances the fourth packet. Psychologically this is strong because they see you are running out of cards.

If they stop you on the third packet have them peek the top card of the fourth packet, which will be of course your force card. However if they stop you on the fourth packet, drop it on top of the cards in hand, give them to your helper and have him peek the top card. Either way your work is done and the card has been forced.

Notes: this has not happened to me yet but if you have to pick up the last packet of the row simply hand it to them, have them mix it and peek at the bottom card. Then get them to drop it on the balance of the deck. It will now go next to your target card, which will now double up as a key card. Proceed from there with whatever you want to achieve, effect wise.

As I stated at the outset, this technique is simply a combination of timing and attitude.

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7. Las Vegas Magic - April 2019
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Message by David Neubauer - www.dnmagic.com

This month's Las Vegas Magic is dedicated to the memory of the great Johnny Thompson

Adam Martinez - The Man of Many Mysteries
Between 2-4 pm Fri. & weekends - FREE - Lost Worlds Myth & Magic, 1450 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy, #435, Henderson.
http://lostworldslv.rocks/

Black Magic Wednesday - Dan Sperry
10 pm (Dark Thur. - Tues.) - The Griffin, 511 Fremont St.
www.eventbrite.com/e/black-magic-wednesday-with-shock-illusionist-
dan-sperry-tickets-50016455565?fbclid=IwAR0WcUzY5wjACxmG5vb2KxrDL
HfoPCat1BAK4LfJesQo7LMISR-xxZoZ9oo

Criss Angel - Mindfreak Live!
7 pm (Dark Mon. - Tues.) - Criss Angel Theatre - Planet Hollywood.
www.caesars.com/planet-hollywood/shows/criss-angel

David Copperfield - An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion
7 & 9:30 pm nightly, also 4 pm Sat. - MGM Grand.
www.mgmgrand.com/entertainment/david-copperfield.aspx
Tickets from $78: www.vegas4locals.com/coupons/las-vegas-shows/david-copperfield/

Gerry McCambridge - The Mentalist
7:30 pm (Dark Wed.) - Planet Hollywood.
www.vtheaterboxoffice.com/Vegas_Show_Tickets.cfm?showID=10005

Hollywood Stars of Magic - Up Close
2 & 4 pm (Dark Sun. - Fri.) - Majestik Theatre, Royal Resort.
Special Guest Performer each week, check website for latest schedule.
www.HollywoodStarsOfMagic.com

Jeff McBride's Wonderground
3rd Thurs. each month 7:30 to midnight - The Olive (3850 E Sunset Dr.) Non-stop Magic & Variety Performance Art. A new show each month. $10 cover.
www.vegaswonderground.com watch live: www.McBrideMagic.com

Ilusión Mental - Santiago Michel
Note: This is an all Spanish show.
5 pm (Dark Tues.- Wed., Fri.) - Anthony Cools Showroom, Paris Las Vegas
www.caesars.com/paris-las-vegas/shows/ilusion-mental#.XIRRxaB7n4c

LaughterNoon - Adam London
4 pm, (Daily) - The D.
thed.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=13
$12.48 Tickets: www.vegas4locals.com/coupons/las-vegas-shows/laughternoon/

Mac King Comedy Magic Show
1 & 3 pm, (Dark Sun. & Mon.) - Harrah's.
www.caesars.com/harrahs-las-vegas/shows/mac-king-comedy-magic-show
Free tickets (buy 1 drink) usually available at the concierge desk or handed out by showgirls.

Mat Franco - Magic Reinvented Nightly
7 & 9:30 pm - Linq Showroom - LINQ.
www.caesars.com/linq/events/mat-franco#.VUTdemdFDD8

Mike Hammer Comedy Magic Show
7 pm (Dark Sun. & Mon.) - Four Queens Hotel and Casino.
www.mikehammershow.com

Murray The Magician
With Guest Act: Douglas "Lefty" Leferovich.
5 pm: Sun. - Wed.; 7 pm: Thurs. & Sat. (Dark Fri.) - Laugh Factory, Tropicana.
www.laughfactory.com/MurraySawChuck
www.halfpriceshows.com/Shows/showdatelistt.jsp?i=4&id=324&City=
Las Vegas&State=NV&Name=murray-celebrity-magician

Nathan Burton Comedy Magic Show
4 pm - Saxe Theater - Planet Hollywood.
www.nathanburton.com/Tickets.php
$12.50 Tickets: www.vegas4locals.com/coupons/las-vegas-shows/nathan-burton-comedy-magic/

Paranormal - Frederic Da Silva
4 pm (Dark Wed. & Thurs.) - Windows Showroom, Bally's.
www.caesars.com/ballys-las-vegas/shows/paranormal#.VTaCb2dFA-w
Half-Price Tickets: www.halfpriceshows.com/Shows/showdatelistt.jsp?i=14&id
=246&City=Las Vegas&State=NV&Name=paranormal

Penn & Teller
9 pm, (Dark Thurs. - Fri.) - Rio.
www.caesars.com/rio-las-vegas/shows/penn-and-teller#.WZuOuHGQx6k
Discount Tickets: www.vegas4locals.com/coupons/las-vegas-shows/penn-teller/

Piff the Magic Dragon
8:00 pm (show days vary, check site) - Piff the Magic Dragon Theater, Flamingo
Piff's Private Party (pre-show meet & greet): 7:00 pm
www.caesars.com/flamingo-las-vegas/shows/piff-the-magic-dragon

The Magic of Jen Kramer
5:00 pm. (Dark Sun. - Tues.) - Westgate Cabaret, Westgate Resort
www.westgateresorts.com/hotels/nevada/las-vegas/westgate-
las-vegas-resort-casino/the-magic-of-jen-kramer/

Half-Price Tickets:
www.halfpriceshows.com/Shows/showdatelistt.jsp?i=12&id=322&
City=Las Vegas&State=NV&Name=jen-kramer-show

The Magic of Mike Aslan
8:00 pm. (Dark Tues. - Sun.) - Majestik Theatre, 99 Convention Center Dr.
www.aslanmagic.com/upcoming-shows.htm

The Naked Magicians
Mike Tyler & Christopher Wayne
10 pm. (Dark Tues.) - Brad Garrett's Comedy Club, MGM Grand.
www.mgmgrand.com/en/entertainment/the-naked-magicians.html

The Magic of Seth Grabel
Returns September 16th
4:00 pm. (Dark Mon. - Sat.) - Kohiko Room, Tahiti Village
www.tahitivillage.com/resort/seth-grabel/

Xavier Mortimer's Magical Dream
6:00 pm, (Dark Fri.) - Windows at Bally's.
www.caesars.com/ballys-las-vegas/shows/xavier-mortimers-magical-dream
Half Price Tickets: www.halfpriceshows.com/Shows/showdatelistt.jsp?i=4&id=270&City=
Las%20Vegas&State=NV&Name=xavier-mortimers-magical-dream

Magic and More
Dixie Dooley - The Mystifier
2:00 & 4:00 pm every Saturday & Sunday - Center Stage at the Boulevard Mall.

Haunted Vegas Show and Tour - Jac Hayden
9:30 pm, picks up at the Royal Resort.
www.hauntedvegastours.com
Half-Price Tickets:
www.halfpriceshows.com/Shows/showdatelistt.jsp?i=10&id=3&City=
Las Vegas&State=NV&Name=haunted-vegas-tour-and-ghost-hunt

Redneck Comedy Magic - James Michael
6:00 pm. (Dark Tues. - Wed.) - LA Comedy Club, Stratosphere
www.redneckcomedymagic.com
Half-Price Tickets: www.vegas4locals.com/coupons/las-vegas-shows/james-michaels-redneck-comedy-magic/

Sapphire Las Vegas Comedy Hour
Comedians, Burlesque, Magicians, Variety Acts - Mondre
8 pm, (Dark Sun.- Fri,) - Sapphire Gentleman's Club, 3025 Industrial Rd.
www.sapphirelasvegas.com/las_vegas_vip_services/sapphire_comedy_hour
Half-Price Tickets:
www.halfpriceshows.com/Shows/showdatelistt.jsp?i=12&id=219&City=
Las Vegas&State=NV&Name=sapphires-comedy-hour

Séance - Dixie Dooley
8:00 pm every Wednesday - Majestik Theatre, 99 Convention Center Dr.
Attendees receive a free tour of Dixie Dooley's Houdini Exhibit.

Tape Face
Featuring Michael Valladares as "PuppetFace" (who performs Magic and Puppetry throughout).
7 pm (Dark Mon.) - House of Tape - Harrahs.
www.caesars.com/harrahs-las-vegas/shows/tape-face#.WzwTOMInb4c

V - The Ultimate Variety Show - Jason Byrne
7 pm & 8:30 pm, sometimes 4 and 5:30 - The V Theatre, Planet Hollywood.
www.vtheshow.com

Zombie Burlesque
Featuring Steve "Tiny" Daly as "Tiny Bubbles".
8:30 pm, (Dark Sun.) - V Theater, Planet Hollywood
www.vtheaterboxoffice.com/Vegas_Show_Tickets.cfm?showID=10032

Vegas Public Close-Up Magic
Las Vegas Strip Street Magic: Jungle Josh.
Linq: Magic Mike (Michael Moretti) - 7:30-9:30 pm nightly - Chayo Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar.
Mandalay Bay: Magic in the Sky - Christopher Karpiak 5-11 pm (Dark Fri. - Sun.) - Skyfall Lounge, Delano Hotel.
New York, NY: Mr. Magic (Wayne Eady) 7-9 (Dark Mon. - Tues.) - Toms Urban.
The Fremont Street Experience: Adam Flowers, Chris Randall, Will Bradshaw.
Wynn/Encore: Shimshi - Resident Magician.

Las Vegas Magic Organizations
Fantasma I.B.M. Ring 257, 7 pm - 8:45, 1st Monday each month at Top Hat and Wand Magic Shoppe, 5115 Dean Martin Dr. #102. No meeting if the 1st Monday is a major Holiday. ($24 a year to be a member). Current President and contact: John McClenahan, doctormagiclv@embarqmail.com or 702-395-3856. www.ibm257.com

Hang at the Magic Lounge! Free Pizza & Sodas the 2nd Tuesday each month at 6 pm. Top Hat and Wand Magic Shoppe, 5115 Dean Martin Dr. #102. Come in for food & drink and hang out with your friends, all are welcome to socialize, watch or perform.

Upcoming Special Events
March, 2019
Mar. 15 Scott Hitchcock Send Off Luncheon
12-3 pm Ricardo's Mexican Restaurant 4930 W Flamingo Rd

Mar. 16: 2 & 4 pm Hollywood Stars Of Magic - Up Close Starring: Joan Dukore and Alexander Grait - Majestik Theatre, Royal Resort.
www.HollywoodStarsOfMagic.com

Mar. 16: 8 pm Dimmare's Martinis and Magic
Grand Opening
Thunderbird Boutique Hotel - 1215 S Las Vegas Blvd.
www.martinisandmagic.com

Mar. 16-18: Master Class presented by McBride's Magic & Mystery School. Instructors: Jeff McBride, TBA and special guest Dr. Richard Nongard.
www.magicalwisdom.com

Mar. 18-20: Medicine and Magic Seminar, presented by McBride's Magic & Mystery School. Instructor: Jeff McBride, Larry Hass, Ph.D., Special Guest will once again be Dr. Ricardo Rosenkranz.
www.magicalwisdom.com

Mar. 21: Jeff McBride's Wonderground, 7:30 pm to midnight - The Olive (3850 E Sunset Dr.) Non-stop Magic and Variety Performance Art. A new show each month. Local ID: $10 cover, all others $20.
7:30 Capt S. Rokk - Musical interlude
8 pm - Comedy & Variety Show
Your host - Will Bradshaw
Dave Johnson - Comedic Skills & Thrills
"Magic Steve" Kucera - Magician / Ringmaster of Salida Circus
Jirka Juraj - National Juggling Champion of Czech Republic
Byron Grey - The Mind-Master
Kevin Hall - The Madman of Comedy Magic

9 pm - Parlor & Close Up Magic Show!
Your Host - Will Bradshaw
Byron Grey - Close up Mind Reading
Dave Johnson - Slick-Trickery
Kevin Hall - Mayhem & Mischief
Capt S. Rokk - Street Magic from the High Seas

10pm - Stage Show Extravaganza!
Your Host - Clyde McBride - The Magically Fluid Druid
"Magic Steve" Kucera - Magician / Ringmaster of Salida Circus
Jirka Juraj - National Juggling Champion of Czech Republic
Dave Johnson - The LaughMaster
Kevin Hall Illusion - Comedy Illusion Show
Jeff McBride - The Parting Glass

All The Above Plus: Photography by Sheryl Garrett. Bar Magic: Brian Apollo, Scott Steelfyre & Maggie, Corey Rubino, Belly Dancers, Psychic Sideshow with Eliza - and many more surprises and special celebrity guests.
www.vegaswonderground.com watch live: www.McBrideMagic.com

Mar. 22-24: 3-Day Master Class, presented by McBride's Magic & Mystery School. Instructor: Jeff McBride, Larry Hass, Ph.D. and Tobias Beckwith.
www.magicalwisdom.com

Mar. 23: 2 & 4 pm Hollywood Stars of Magic - Up Close Starring: TBA - Majestik Theatre, Royal Resort.
www.HollywoodStarsOfMagic.com

Mar. 25: Peti & Taller - The Hooligans of Magic in a fundraiser for Win-Win Entertainment.
Mateo Amivea and Christian Ford.
7 pm, - Mosaic Theater & Lounge - 3765 S Las Vegas Blvd.
www.petiandtaller.com/about-the-show

Mar. 25-26: Real-World Close-Up Magic presented by McBride's Magic & Mystery School Instructors: Jeff McBride & Lawrence Hass.
www.magicalwisdom.com

Mar. 30: 2 & 4 pm Hollywood Stars of Magic - Up Close Starring: TBA - Majestik Theatre, Royal Resort.
www.HollywoodStarsOfMagic.com

Mar. 30: 8 pm Dimmare's Martinis and Magic
Thunderbird Boutique Hotel - 1215 S Las Vegas Blvd.
www.martinisandmagic.com

April, 2019
Apr. 5-7: Focus on Street Magic with Mario Morris presented by McBride's Magic & Mystery School Instructors: Mario Morris & Jeff McBride.
www.magicalwisdom.com

Apr. 8-8: Focus on Mario's Finales & The Straitjacket Escape presented by McBride's Magic & Mystery School Instructor: Mario Morris.
www.magicalwisdom.com

Apr. 9-14: 6 day Magic & Mystery School Spring Training presented by McBride's Magic & Mystery School Instructor: Jeff McBride.
www.magicalwisdom.com

Apr. 9-10: 2 day Spring Training - Part 1: Focus on Card Magic presented by McBride's Magic & Mystery School Instructor: Jeff McBride.
www.magicalwisdom.com

Apr. 11-12: 2 day Spring Training - Part 2: Focus on the Classics of Magic presented by McBride's Magic & Mystery School Instructor: Jeff McBride.
www.magicalwisdom.com

Apr. 12: 8 pm Dimmare's Martinis and Magic
Thunderbird Boutique Hotel - 1215 S Las Vegas Blvd.
www.martinisandmagic.com

Apr. 13-14: 2 day Spring Training - Part 3: Focus on Grand Illusions presented by McBride's Magic & Mystery School Instructor: Jeff McBride.
www.magicalwisdom.com

Apr. 18: Jeff McBride's Wonderground, 7:30 pm to midnight - The Olive (3850 E Sunset Dr.) Non-stop Magic and Variety Performance Art. A new show each month. Local ID: $10 cover, all others $20.
www.vegaswonderground.com watch live: www.McBrideMagic.com

May, 2019
May 16: Jeff McBride's Wonderground, 7:30 pm to midnight - The Olive (3850 E Sunset Dr.) Non-stop Magic and Variety Performance Art. A new show each month. Local ID: $10 cover, all others $20.
www.vegaswonderground.com watch live: www.McBrideMagic.com

May 31-Jun. 2: Shin Lim 7:30 pm - Terry Fator Theatre, Mirage.
www.mirage.com/en/entertainment/shin-lim.html

June, 2019
Jun. 20: Jeff McBride's Wonderground, 7:30 pm to midnight - The Olive (3850 E Sunset Dr.) Non-stop Magic and Variety Performance Art. A new show each month. Local ID: $10 cover, all others $20.
www.vegaswonderground.com watch live: www.McBrideMagic.com

Jun. 21-27: 7-Day Master Class presented by McBride's Magic & Mystery School Instructors: Jeff McBride, Larry Hass & Tobias Beckwith.
www.magicalwisdom.com

Jun. 26-28: Shin Lim 7:30 pm - Terry Fator Theatre, Mirage.
www.mirage.com/en/entertainment/shin-lim.html

July, 2019
Jul. 18: Jeff McBride's Wonderground, 7:30 pm to midnight - The Olive (3850 E Sunset Dr.) Non-stop Magic and Variety Performance Art. A new show each month. Local ID: $10 cover, all others $20.
www.vegaswonderground.com watch live: www.McBrideMagic.com

Jul. 26-28: Shin Lim 7:30 pm - Terry Fator Theatre, Mirage.
www.mirage.com/en/entertainment/shin-lim.html

August, 2019
Aug. 1-3: Breakthrough Magic - Joshua Jay & Andi Gladwin join the team at McBride's Magic & Mystery School for a brand-new kind of teaching event at The McBride Magic & Mystery School.
www.magicalwisdom.com

MAGIC Live!
Aug. 4-7, 2019 - The Orleans.
www.MagicConvention.com

Aug. 15: Jeff McBride's Wonderground, 7:30 pm to midnight - The Olive (3850 E Sunset Dr.) Non-stop Magic and Variety Performance Art. A new show each month. Local ID: $10 cover, all others $20.
www.vegaswonderground.com watch live: www.McBrideMagic.com

Aug. 9: Sisters of Mystery - presented by the McBride's Magic & Mystery School, Hosted by Abigail McBride.

September, 2019
Sep. 19: Jeff McBride's Wonderground, 7:30 pm to midnight - The Olive (3850 E Sunset Dr.) Non-stop Magic and Variety Performance Art. A new show each month. Local ID: $10 cover, all others $20.
www.vegaswonderground.com watch live: www.McBrideMagic.com

October, 2019
Oct. 17: Jeff McBride's Wonderground, 7:30 pm to midnight - The Olive (3850 E Sunset Dr.) Non-stop Magic and Variety Performance Art. A new show each month. Local ID: $10 cover, all others $20.
www.vegaswonderground.com watch live: www.McBrideMagic.com

Oct. 30-Nov. 2: Magic and Meaning Conference 2019 presented by McBride's Magic & Mystery School Instructors: Jeff McBride & Faculty of the Magic & Mystery School.
www.magicalwisdom.com

November, 2019
Nov. 21: Jeff McBride's Wonderground, 7:30 pm to midnight - The Olive (3850 E Sunset Dr.) Non-stop Magic and Variety Performance Art. A new show each month. Local ID: $10 cover, all others $20.
www.vegaswonderground.com watch live: www.McBrideMagic.com

December, 2019
Dec. 19: Jeff McBride's Wonderground, 7:30 pm to midnight - The Olive (3850 E Sunset Dr.) Non-stop Magic and Variety Performance Art. A new show each month. Local ID: $10 cover, all others $20.
www.vegaswonderground.com watch live: www.McBrideMagic.com

January, 2020
The Society of American Magicians National Convention
January 18-21, 2020 - Golden Nugget.
Mac King Roast with: Amazing Johnathon, Chris Kenner, Clint Holmes, Derek Hughes, Earl
Turner, Michael Close, Johnny Katz, Mike Hammer, Nick Diffatte, Piff the Magic Dragon, Stephen Bergatze and a few surprise guests pay tribute to Mac King (extra charge for this event).
Register at www.SAMconvention.com or email SAMregistrar@yahoo.com or call Anne: 719-338-8169.

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8. 2019 Eugene Burger Legacy Awards
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Message by Jeff McBride (US)

It is our profound pleasure to announce the four recipients of the 2019 Eugene Burger Legacy Awards from the McBride Magic & Mystery School: Ben Blau, Gabriella Lester, Daryl Rogers, and Tom Verner.

Congratulations to Ben, Gabriella, Tom, and Daryl!

Created in collaboration with Eugene's estate, these awards recognize artists who an anonymous committee recommended as exemplifying Eugene's highest values and qualities as a magician. Winners of the award will forever carry Eugene's name forward, and they will also receive a merit-based full tuition scholarship to any class at the McBride Magic & Mystery School in Las Vegas.

I invite you to study their magic biographies to become acquainted with these extremely talented, wonderful magicians. We believe that Eugene would have been proud.

Donations to the Eugene Burger Legacy Fund can be made by going to www.magicalwisdom.com/eugene

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9. It's Magic! Presented by Milt Larsen and Terry Hill
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America's Longest -running all star magic revue

Saturday, March 23, 2019

2.00pm & 6.30pm, 2019
Lobero Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA

Victor & Diamond
Dana Daniels
Ray Pierce & Co
Jack Kalvan & Company
Alexander Great

It's Magic! presents its annual magic revue featuring six to seven of the top magic and variety acts from Las Vegas, Europe, Asia and Hollywood's Magic Castle. It's Magic has been presented in intimate theatres to large arenas. Larger dates have been the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood before over 2,500 fans and the Mohegan Sun Resort in Connecticut with over
5,000 in attendance.

For more information go to: https://www.itsmagicshow.com/

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10. The European Magic History Conference
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Message by Magic Christian, Vienna

The European Magic History Conference will take place in August 2019.

Date is August 22nd to 25th 2019.

Please make your reservation and transfer the registration fee of 250 ?.

News will be published from time to time on https://emhc2019.com/

Convention Hotel: Hotel Stefanie, Taborstrasse 12, 1060 Vienna.

Contact with Mrs. Nemeth.

There are several other hotels nearby too.

Hotel City-Central, Taborstrasse 8, 1020 Vienna.
https://www.schick-hotels.com/hotel-city-central/index.html

Hotel Capricorn: Schwedenplatz 3-4, 1010 Wien,
https://www.schick-hotels.com/hotel-capricorno/index.html

Please register as soon as possible as we are limited to 100 persons.

There is a Dinner included at the famous Marchfelderhof
https://www.marchfelderhof.at/
and a Reception at the City Hall with the representatives of the Vienna
Government. https://www.wien.gv.at/english/cityhall/

A wine degustation, 15 speakers, and some other surprises!

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11. E-zine Archives
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When you enter the archive the e- zines are in issue order in folders for each year and are Coded, e.g. 001 Nov06 1999.txt first three numbers (001) denote issue number, then the date (Nov06) and the last figures the year (1999)

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